Trousers clip



E; A. AROLAN. moussas cup. APPLICATION FILED AU6J 0' 192i;

- Patented m 1922 momma ERNEST A. AROLAN,.OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TROUSERS CD11.

Application filed August 10, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST A. AROLAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Trousers Clip, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to means to prevent trousers when held by a belt from sagging at the front.

The general object of my invention is to provide a device adapted to be clipped to a belt and having means to engage a trousers button, clasp, or the like, at the upper end of the fly.

The nature of the invention and its distinctive features and advantages will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying my invention showing the same in use; I

Figure 2 is a View similar to Figure 1 but showing the device on a larger scale and indicating its relation to the belt and trousers;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line,

33, Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a front view of the clip.'

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, the device designated generally by the numeral 10 is made in practice from any suitable sheet metal and formed at one end with a clip 11 adapted to be slipped onto a trousers belt A adjacent to the fly of the trousers B. From the clip 11 the device 10 is elongated and narrowed and at the opposite end from the Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 491,215.

clip 11 said device is formed with a hook 12 at the upper side, the bill of the hook being disposed toward the clip. The hook is adapted to engage a button C or equivalent fastener for the top of the trousers fly.

In use the clip 11 is slipped over the belt A from the top edge and positioned so that the hook 12 will engage with the button C or the like. Thus, the trousers are supported by the device 10 from the belt and prevented from sagging. The clip 11 in practice, is a spring clip to frictionally hold its position on the belt A and prevent displacement of the device when the belt is unbuckled.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the exact details herein illustrated, since, manifestly, the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the class described having a spring clip and having a hook formation distant from said clip, and in the plane of the latter the bill of the hook being disposed at an angle in the general direction of the clip.

2. A device of the class described formed of sheet metal, and formed with a spring clip at one end adapted to be slipped over a belt at the top of the latter, said device at the opposite end from the clip having at the top a hook adapted to engage a fastener of the trousers fly, the bill of the hook being disposed in the ERNEST A. VAROLAN.

Patented May 2,1922. 

